The solar farm covers more than 20 square kilometers of desert.

In the UAE, the Al Dhafra solar power plant covers more than 20 square kilometers of desert, is equipped with 4 million double-sided photovoltaic panels, and can meet the electricity needs of nearly 200,000 households.

Al Dhafra solar farm viewed from above. Photo: EWEC

The Al Dhafra solar farm, with a capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW), is located 35 km from Abu Dhabi. The plant is jointly owned by Masdar Clean Energy, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), EDF Renewables in France, JinkoPower in China, and Emirates Water & Electricity Company (EWEC), Interesting Engineering reported on November 20th.

The plant is equipped with nearly 4 million double-sided photovoltaic panels, estimated to provide enough electricity for 200,000 households while reducing 2.4 million tons of carbon emissions annually, equivalent to the emissions of 470,000 cars on the road. The most advanced double-sided crystalline photovoltaic technology allows for more efficient power generation by absorbing solar radiation from both the front and back of the panel.

According to Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the project represents a major step forward in the efficiency of solar power, innovation, and cost competitiveness.

The project also broke cost records for large-scale solar power facilities. Initially, the farm offered some of the most competitive solar power prices at $0.0135/kWh, which later dropped to $0.0132/kWh once it commenced commercial operation. The project also began supplying electricity to the national grid.

Over the past 15 years, the UAE has emerged as a prominent country in the field of solar power. Currently, the UAE ranks second globally in per capita solar energy consumption.

EWEC has just handed over the development of two more solar power projects of the same scale as the Al Dhafra farm. In addition, they also plan to build a 1 GW solar power project in Abu Dhabi annually over the next 10 years as part of their strategy to enhance carbon reduction.

An Khang (According to Interesting Engineering )

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